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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,346 approved · 1,220 refused · 707 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jan 2010 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
46 and 48 St Helens Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2QR
Received 16 Aug 2021Land in, High Beech Chalet Park, (to the rear of Sussex Edwardian Hotel), Eisenhower Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 17 Aug 202113 Oakwood Close, Hastings, TN34 2JF
Received 9 Aug 2021Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 19 Aug 202177 The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3BD
Received 19 Aug 2021Former Ark Helenswood Academy Upper School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AF
Received 20 Aug 20216 Bulrush Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TR
Received 20 Aug 2021Woodlands, 15 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SJ
Received 23 Aug 20216 and 6A Edwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JT
Received 23 Aug 20217 Telford Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LY
Received 23 Aug 2021128 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 24 Aug 202184 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PG
Received 24 Aug 202124 Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RS
Received 19 Aug 2021Land between 20 and 21, Warren Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 Aug 2021Blue Reef Aquarium, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 25 Aug 20218 Brittany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RA
Received 25 Aug 2021The Royal Hotel, 1 St Johns Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HP
Received 26 Aug 2021Garages adjacent 12, Watermans Close, Hastings, TN34 2JP
Received 26 Aug 202139-41 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 27 Aug 202139-41 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 27 Aug 20216 Birch Way, Hastings, TN34 2JY
Received 27 Aug 2021High Beech Chalet Park, Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 27 Aug 20217-9 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JE
Received 31 Aug 2021The Cutter, 11-13 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 23 Aug 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Hastings Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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